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Red Flag Warning 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Jun 15, 2011, 2:26 AM CDT for 15 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2011, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sse Tallahassee Coml, FL | REPORTED ON CAPITAL CIRCLE SE EAST OF WOODVILLE HIGHWAY |
| Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ese Tallahassee Coml, FL | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD ST. AUGUSTINE ROAD AND BLAIRSTONE ROAD |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Tallahassee Coml Ai, FL | PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE TALLAHASSEE FAIRGROUNDS |
| Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ssw Blocker, FL | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE SUMMERBROOKE GOLF COURSE. |
| Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Hanson, FL | TREES DOWN IN THE HICKORY GROOVE AREA NORTHEAST OF MADISON AND SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PINETTA WITH POSSIBLE ROOF DAMAGE. TRAMPOLINE ALSO WRAPPED AROUND A TREE. |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Greenwood, FL | PHOTO TAKEN OF HAIL AROUND NICKEL SIZE NEAR GREENWOOD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233 WWUS82 KTAE 150726 RFWTAE URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 326 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH DISPERSIONS... .VERY HOT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW HUMIDITY TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE. VERY HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS AND MODEST NORTHWESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DISPERSION VALUES WELL ABOVE 75. THEREFORE...WILL UPGRADE THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING. SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS ON THURSDAY SHOULD KEEP HUMIDITY LEVELS AT OR JUST ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THUS...WILL NOT NEED TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS TIME. FLZ034-150830- /O.CAN.KTAE.FW.A.0062.110615T1800Z-110616T0000Z/ INLAND DIXIE- 326 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 35 PERCENT. $$ FLZ007>019-026>029-160000- /O.UPG.KTAE.FW.A.0062.110615T1800Z-110616T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FW.W.0077.110615T1800Z-110616T0000Z/ INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY- CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON- MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE- 326 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 /226 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ CAMP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 59 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.